Don't use the TP until fix

Just wanted to make a public service announcement that the TP is currently broken and that trying to retrieve retracted buy orders will result in a complete loss of your money. Furthermore, items sold in the last 12 hours (based on my experience; could be even further back then that) did not actually provide any money.

Just lost ~5 gold today so wanted others to not make the same mistake with the TP until ANet fixes it or issues a statement.

It's okay to enjoy crap if you're willing to admit it's crap.Every patch is like ArenaNet walking out onto the stage of the International Don't Kitten Up Championship, and then proceeding to shiv itself in the stomach 30 times while screaming "IT'S FOR YOUR OWN GOOD! IT'S FOR YOUR OWN GOOD!"

I also lost money on the trading post. Bought pile of shimmering dust but did not get the items. When I logged out and back in I got the error 42. Oddly enough I could log in with all my other toons but my warrior which was using the TP is the only one to receive error 42. I put in a support ticket then found this thread.

Do you? Taking Gems and not getting product is outright theft. I would like to see them try to say they can't compensate, but from past issues like this I am fairly sure the data isn't lost, only the transaction being held up.

No. Given previous comments from devs, transactions are queued up and processed in order. If they are not being processed, they are not lost. Rather, they will be processed and the items will be distributed when the system is fixed.

No. Given previous comments from devs, transactions are queued up and processed in order. If they are not being processed, they are not lost. Rather, they will be processed and the items will be distributed when the system is fixed.

I got my gem purchased item now, about 30 mins after I bought, so my personal concern is alleviated.

Do you? Taking Gems and not getting product is outright theft. I would like to see them try to say they can't compensate, but from past issues like this I am fairly sure the data isn't lost, only the transaction being held up.

And the sad thing is, they will probably say that they can't give anything back.
Look at all the people who bought halloween costumes and got nothing.